Landscapes of Practice: Bricolage as a Method for Situated Design

Büscher, Monika; Gill, Satinder P.; Mogensen, Preben; Shapiro, David

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“…The exact configuration remains flexible to accomodate local circumstances. This correponds to the concept of "bricolage" which Büscher et al (2001) identify in the analysis of the design of workplace IS. Williams, Stewart and Slack (2005) carry this analysis forward to highlight the extent to which those setting up a project make choices that configure the "translation terrain" -the immediate arrays of actors involved and the relationship between themwith important consequences for the subsequent organisational politics and outcomes.…”

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Configurable Politics and Asymmetric Integration: Health e-Infrastructures in India

Sahay

Monteiro²,

Aanestad³

2009

JAIS

105

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Information Infrastructures typically evolve in an incremental fashion, through partly planned and unplanned processes. A significant mechanism of growth is when previously unconnected systems are integrated, facilitating the transition from networking to inter-networking. Conversely, failure to integrate systems contributes to the lack of evolution of the infrastructure. Integration seems crucial for evolving infrastructures; however, there is little consensus on what it entails, as can be seen when different connotations of 'integration" are unpacked. In contrast to the dominant view of integration as a largely technical concern, our focus is on how political and institutional interests are embedded in efforts to achieve integration. More specifically, we explore strategies for institutional integration that take into account uneven distribution of political influence. The paper builds on empirical material from our ongoing (2001 -2008) involvement with the problem of fragmented information systems in the health care sector in India. The case is seen from the perspective of one small actor offering free, open-source software that is already being used in several other developing countries. Choosing to focus on a small actor highlights the asymmetric power relations among the actors; our actor has no other option than to seek to align with bigger and more influential actors. We analyse the strategies, the configurable politics, and the outcomes of the distinct configurations that emerge from this form of asymmetric integration.

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Section: Sahay Et Al/configurable Politics and Asymmetric Integrationmentioning

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Configurable Politics and Asymmetric Integration: Health e-Infrastructures in India

Sahay

Monteiro²,

Aanestad³

2009

JAIS

105

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“…Without rejecting this mission, our argument supports a shift in perspective away from its traditional focus on the design from scratch of discrete systems (informed by workplace studies). This shift has already been flagged by a number of CSCW proponents (notably, Büscher et al 2001;Johannessen and Ellingsen 2009). Specifically, this suggests: i) an altered view of the system design and development process not as ab initio design, but as a process of configuration (Fleck 1988;Stewart and Williams 2005)-also described by CSCW writers (e.g.…”

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e-Infrastructures: How Do We Know and Understand Them? Strategic Ethnography and the Biography of Artefacts

Pollock

Williams

2010

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In health research and services, and in many other domains, we note the emergence of large-scale information systems intended for long-term use with multiple users and uses. These einfrastructures are becoming more widespread and pervasive and, by enabling effective sharing of information and coordination of activities between diverse, dispersed groups, are expected to transform knowledge-based work. Social scientists have sought to analyse the significance of these systems and the processes by which they are created. Much current attention has been drawn to the often-problematic experience of those attempting to establish them. By contrast, this paper is inspired by concerns about the theoretical and methodological weakness of many studies of technology and work organisation-particularly the dominance of relatively short-term, often single site studies of technology implementation. These weaknesses are particularly acute in relation to the analysis of infrastructural technologies. We explore the relevance to such analysis of recent developments in what we call the Biography of Artefacts (BoA) perspective-which emphasises the value of strategic ethnography: theoretically-informed, multi-site and longitudinal studies: We seek to draw insights here from a programme of empirical research into the long-term evolution of corporate e-infrastructures (reflected in current Enterprise Resource Planning systems) and review some new conceptual tools arising from recent research into e-Infrastructures (e-Is). These are particularly relevant to understanding the current and ongoing difficulties encountered in attempts to develop large-scale Health Infrastructures.

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“…La vision du bricolage de Claude Levi-Strauss a inspiré plusieurs chercheurs dans divers domaines comme ceux de la science et technique (Lynch, Woolgar, 1988), de l'étude du management des organisations (Cunha, 2005 ;Cunha, Cunha, Clegg, 2009) ou de l'informatique (Büscher et al, 2001 ;Louridas, 1999 ;Turkle, Papert, 1990). Elle a également inspiré des projets de recherche dont certains en sciences de l'éducation et en psychopédagogie (Audran, 2000 ;Lapassade, 1993 ;Perrenoud, 1983) et en anthropologie ainsi qu'en ethnologie (Mary, 2000 ;Hervieu-Léger, 2005 ;Gensburger, 2007 ;Luvaas, 2010 ;Delaisi de Parseval, Collard, 2007).…”

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Du bricolage au rhizome : comment rendre compte de l’hétérogénéité de la pratique de recherche scientifique en sciences sociales ?

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2013

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Landscapes of Practice: Bricolage as a Method for Situated Design

Cited by 83 publications

References 10 publications

Configurable Politics and Asymmetric Integration: Health e-Infrastructures in India

Configurable Politics and Asymmetric Integration: Health e-Infrastructures in India

e-Infrastructures: How Do We Know and Understand Them? Strategic Ethnography and the Biography of Artefacts

Du bricolage au rhizome : comment rendre compte de l’hétérogénéité de la pratique de recherche scientifique en sciences sociales ?

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